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Resolution amending Resolution No. 514 of 2022, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Service Agreement(s) with Rulis & Bochicchio, LLC for the purpose of providing legal services in connection with the defense of certain workers' compensation matters and claims brought against the city, by increasing the cost by Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900,000.00) for three additional years of services, for a new not to exceed amount of Three Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($3,600,000.00).
(Waiver of Competitive Process Received)
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Be it resolved by the Council of the City of Pittsburgh as follows:
Resolution No. 514 of 2022, entitled "Resolution amending Resolution No. 773 of 2017 386 of 2020, which authorized the City of Pittsburgh to enter into a Professional Service Agreement(s) with O'Bien, Rulis & Bochicchio, LLC for the purpose of providing legal services in connection with the defense of certain workers' compensation matters and claims brought against the city, by increasing the cost by $900,000.00 for 3 additional years of services," is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1. The Mayor and the Director of the Department of Human Resources and Civil Service, on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh, are hereby authorized to enter into Professional Services Agreement(s) and/or Contracts with Rulis & Bochicchio, LLC, in a form authorized by the City Solicitor. Counsel shall engage in legal services for defense of workers' compensation and Heart and Lung Act claims, to include subrogation, against the City by increasing the total cost by Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($900,000.00), at a cost not to exceed Three Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollar ($3,600,000.00). This is subject to appropriation by council in future budget years.
Section 2. The City Controller shall encumber funds for the annual contract, subject to the amount of funds to be appropriated by City Council in respective budget year from the following...
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